diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 39a1c3e7b04..315d3fb85bc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ gem "message_bus"
 
 gem "rails_multisite"
 
-gem "fast_xs", platform: :ruby
-
 gem "fastimage"
 
 gem "aws-sdk-s3", require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9ea2a778c58..a5de2a1d387 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ GEM
     faraday-retry (2.2.0)
       faraday (~> 2.0)
     fast_blank (1.0.1)
-    fast_xs (0.8.0)
     fastimage (2.3.0)
     ffi (1.16.3)
     fspath (3.1.2)
@@ -581,7 +580,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   faraday
   faraday-retry
   fast_blank
-  fast_xs
   fastimage
   highline
   htmlentities